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Card 6

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Plants absorb water from the soil via their roots. Describe the pathways and mechanisms by which water passes from the soil to the xylem vessels in the root.

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Card 7

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Describe how two features of xylem vessels adapt them for water transport.

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Card 8

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Define the term transpiration.

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Card 9

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Explain how covering of the leafs epidermal hairs helps xerophytes survive in their habitat.

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Card 10

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Explain how water travels up the stem and into the leaf of a dicotyledonous plant.

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Card 11

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Explain how, at different times, the same plant root may be a source or a sink.

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Card 12

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State one way in which root hairs are adapted to increase uptake.

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Card 13

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State one method used by root hairs to take up nitrate ions.

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Card 14

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Outline the process by which water enters the cells of the root from the soil.

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Card 15

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give an example in plants of a source and a sink.

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